CVE-2003-0309

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to bypass security zone restrictions and execute arbitrary programs via a web document with a large number of duplicate file:// or other requests that point to the program and open multiple file download dialogs, which eventually cause Internet Explorer to execute the program, as demonstrated using a large number of FRAME or IFRAME tags, aka the "File Download Dialog Vulnerability."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jun 9, 2003
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2003-0309: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix